List of PowerShell Books

February 21, 2012 By Jason Hofferle

My list of free PowerShell eBooks has been very popular, so I decided to compile a list of paid PowerShell books. I own several of these books myself, and I thought it would be helpful to have links to the publisher page for code examples, bonus chapters and errata.

With the release of PowerShell 3 with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, it’s difficult to suggest books that don’t cover the additional features in the new version. For newcomers to PowerShell, take a look at the updated edition of Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches or Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step By Step. For someone that has been using PowerShell and is looking for a more advanced book, I recommend PowerShell in Depth.

The one possible exception to “buy a book that covers version 3″ is Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payette. This book goes into great depth on the inner workings of PowerShell and why certain decisions were made during development. Bruce is a founding member of the Windows PowerShell team at Microsoft, and the principal author of the language implementation. It’s hard to find a more authoritative source than this, and I hope this book gets updated for PowerShell version 3.